CUPE: Air Canada Is Reinforcing the Gender Wage Gap – And They Want the Government to Help Them Do It

CUPE: Air Canada is Reinforcing the Gender Wage Gap – And They Want the Government to Help Them Do It

TORONTO -- Air Canada wants to reinforce the gender wage gap by forcing Air Canada flight attendants – 70% of whom identify as women – to accept a wage offer less than one-third what Air Canada offered its pilots less than a year ago.

Air Canada flight attendants’ union says wages below minimum. Here’s how much junior flight attendants earn

Junior Air Canada flight attendants working full time currently earn $1,952 per month before taxes, well below the federal minimum wage for a full-time worker of $2,840, the union says.